Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vagog was struggling in fourth place at the last where Lady Westown , going the best , fell and brought down Parlezvousfrancais . |
| 2 | Clark was visibly unhappy in his Lotus-Cosworth and , despite being the race favourite , was struggling in eighth place on the sixth lap when , coming out of a gentle right-hand curve , he lose control of the car . |
| 3 | The east end was altered in mid-twelfth century by an early chevet design with turrets and flying buttresses which blends admirably with the earlier work ( 264 ) . |
| 4 | Through his efforts , the Liverpool Society for the Deaf was formed on 23rd April 1864 , with simple services held in the school buildings in Oxford Street . |
| 5 | As for Philips , Foxe records that like Judas ‘ He not long time after enjoyed the price of innocent blood , but was consumed at last by lice . ’ |
| 6 | Gennady Burbulis , was dismissed as First Deputy Premier by Yeltsin " at his own request " on April 3 . |
| 7 | The facts of the Sen case were that Mr Sen was dismissed on 9th July 1990 . |
| 8 | There were also problems with the semi-automatic gearbox and a broken constant-velocity joint , so much so that Mansell was eased into fourth place on the grid by a very impressive lap from his team mate . |
| 9 | He was banished from last summer 's Olympics after a drugs test showed traces of the banned steroid Methandianone . |
| 10 | Amery was convinced of the need to introduce a scheme of family allowance even if , in the interest of economy , it was limited to third and subsequent children ; and now he was finding more support for that view from the Conservative benches as well as from other parties . |
| 11 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 12 | The scheme was criticized by Second Division Clubs on the grounds that they had to share the onus equally with the better-off . |
| 13 | The accommodation schedule for the War Department was completed on 13th September and that for the Foreign Office on 20th September . |
| 14 | This was completed by 10th November , and Hall sent it to Palmerston on the following day . |
| 15 | The official opening of the canal was arranged for 9th August 1814 . |
| 16 | Thank you for your letter regarding the above which was received on 20th August 1993 . |
| 17 | Robertson 's response , drafted during the day , was sent from AFHQ at 1836 hrs that evening , and was received by Eighth Army at 0045 hrs the following morning [ KP 103 ] . |
| 18 | Following failure to make any progress at conciliation on the above issue , the matter was referred to Third Party Mediation . |
| 19 | A pool , still empty , was filled with last year 's yellowing leaves from a nearby orange tree . |
| 20 | He said that Madge 's house was broken into last night . |
| 21 | A bus parked overnight at Templemore School was broken into last Thursday and two fire extinguishers were taken . |
| 22 | The Romanian factory which produces replicas of the Lotto strip was broken into last week — with nearly 500 Blues shirts stolen . |
| 23 | Leech was examined on 18th August 1669 to see if he was able " to instruct the youth so far as to fit them for the universities " by a panel composed of Dr. Slater , Mr. Watson ( Schoolmaster of Sutton 's Hospital ) , Mr. Holmes ( Schoolmaster of Christ 's Hospital ) , and Mr. Crumland ( a master from St. Paul 's ) . |
| 24 | ‘ The show in the Village Troy was yabbering about last night , remember ? |
| 25 | Mainly because of Mr Pramual 's opposition a much needed increase in interest rates was delayed until last week . |
| 26 | Nursing unions at Greenbank Hospital , Darlington , yesterday said a decision to invoke dispute procedure was delayed until next week because management had called a joint meeting with staff and unions next Monday . |
| 27 | Wirral Council achieved an 89.1pc poll tax collection by the end of March and was listed as 22nd out of 36 metropolitan authorities . |
| 28 | Now the declaration of her age on the death certificate was out of her control , the truth was listed at last . |
| 29 | He was succeeded as third Baron Northwick by his nephew , George Rushout-Bowles , MP . |
| 30 | Gen. Wimon was succeeded by First Army Region Commander Lt.-Gen. |